A slur or point of pride? The Slants’ journey to litigate their band name

Simon Tam, from the Asian American band The Slants, speaks about their journey to the US Supreme Court to trademark their "disparaging" name. Produced by: The World staff and April Peavey. Image credit: Courtesy of The Slants.

Aired September 2, 2019

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I never even thought of the racial slur aspect until it was brought up in the video. The first thing I thought of was slant referring to a different slant on things, or something like that. It's weird how people's minds so often go right away to the negative connotation.